Fonterra Sites Excel At National Dairy Awards

Media Release
21 June 2007

Fonterra sites excel at national dairy awards

Fonterra featured well at the annual Dairy Industry Quality Performance Awards in Wellington last night.

Run by the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology, the Awards recognise all-round quality performance of dairy manufacturing and processing plants in New Zealand.

Fonterra's Hautapu site in the Waikato won a hat-trick of awards, including the prestigious Ecolab Eco Efficiency Award for its environmental and waste reduction efforts.

Fonterra's Director of Group Manufacturing and Supply Chain Gary Romano says the award is a tribute to the team's focus on continuously improving the site's environmental practices.

"It's a great example of what can be achieved by making a firm commitment to operating in a way that is sustainable for the long term.

"We have set some ambitious environmental targets for our manufacturing sites and they have risen to the challenge, achieving some significant wins earlier than anticipated, including a 60 per cent reduction in the volume of waste sent to landfill and a 10 per cent reduction in our energy usage. And it doesn't end there - Fonterra is looking to better these results next season."

It wasn't just the standard of Fonterra's environmental practices, but its product quality too that was commended on the night.

Fonterra Hautapu collected the Lactose Quality Award and the site's casein team rounded off a golden night by winning the Protein Products category.

Fonterra's Stirling plant also took out the Cheese Quality Award for the third year in a row and Edgecumbe topped the Cream Products category, while the Company's Clandeboye site claimed the Milk Powder Quality Award.

"We are delighted to receive these awards as a commitment to delivering the highest quality product to our customers and consumers underpins Fonterra's vision to Lead in Dairy," says Gary.

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